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 MICHAEL K. CAHALAN, M.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology
Clinical interests: cardiovascular anesthesia, transesophageal echocardiography
Research interests: transesophageal echocardiography
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 NATHAN L. PACE, M.D., M.STAT
Professor and Vice Chairman, Academic Affairs
Clinical interests: neuroanesthesia
Research interests: systematic reviews and meta-analysis (Cochrane Collaboration), applications of biostatistics (mixed effects models), pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling
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 BRADFORD D. HARE, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Pharmacology
Clinical interests: management of acute and chronic pain, regional anesthesia
Research interests: conotoxins, pharmacology of pain management
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 JEFFREY K. LU, M.D.
Professor (Clinical)
Vice Chairman, Clinical Affairs
Clinical interests: transesophageal echocardiography, cardiothoracic anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia
Research interest: autism
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 L. LAZARRE OGDEN, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Vice Chairman, Resident Education
Program Director, Anesthesia Residency
Clinical interests: neuroanesthesia
Research interests: resident education
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 KEVIN L. WETHINGTON, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Vice Chairman, Billing and Finance
Vice Chairman, University of Utah Medical Group IT Committee
Chairman, University of Utah Medical Group EMR Subcommittee
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 PATRICK BAKKE, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
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 BYRON BANKHEAD, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: acute pain management, ultrasound guided nerve blockade
Research interests: billing for regional anesthesia
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 MICHAEL N. BEHRENS, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Director, Division of Critical care
Clinical interests: critical care, information display in the ICU
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 STEVEN I. BOTT, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: cardiac and trauma anesthesia, air medical transport
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 DAVID H. BRADSHAW, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
Dr. Joseph L. and Pauline Clyde Pace Assistant Professor
Research interests: nonpharmacological interventions for relief of acute and chronic pain, including music, guided imagery, yoga, meditation; psychophysiological responses to pain and pain measurement; current research projects include music engagement for analgesia, attention and the defense response to pain, guided imagery, and music for relief of post-operative pain.
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 LARA BREWER, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Clinical decision support and alarm systems for patient monitoring, pharmacodynamic interactions, cardiopulmonary physiology, modeling gas exchange
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 SHANE BROGAN, M.B., B.Ch
Assistant Professor (Clinical), Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Clinical interests: pain management
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 C. RICHARD CHAPMAN, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Pain Research Center
Research interests: laboratory pain research, acute pain, consciousness studies
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 BEN CHORTKOFF, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Director of Anesthesia Services, Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Clinical interests: anesthesia for neurosurgery, anesthesia for patients with cancer
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 CLINT CHRISTENSEN, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: neuroanesthesia, neuro-monitoring |
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 NORMAN J. CLARK, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: pediatric anesthesia, anesthesia for neurosurgical procedures
Research interests: anesthetic effects on respiratory drive mechanism, awareness during general anesthesia, pre-emptive analgesia
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 DUSTIN COYLE, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: pediatric anesthesia, PALS/neonatil resuscitation, anesthesia in developing countries, perioperative echocardiographiy, non-narcotic perioperative pain control adjuncts |
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 EILEEN R. CSONTOS, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: anesthesia in developing countries, volunteerism in anesthesia
Research interests: acute pain management in pediatrics
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 JENNIFER J. DAVIS, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: acute pain management, regional anesthesia, perioperative anticoagulation
Research interests: acute pain management in chronic opioid users, peripheral nerve blocks
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 JENNIFER DECOU, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
TEE Fellowship 2008
Clinical interests: perioperative echocardiography
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 GEORGES DESJARDINS, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Director, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Clinical interests: cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, perioperative echocardiography
Research interests: perioperative echocardiography (TTE and TEE)
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 GARY W. DONALDSON, Ph.D.
Professor (Research)
Research interests: broader quality of life and pain issues, structural equation, mixed effects modeling
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 TALMAGE D. EGAN, M.D.
Professor, Anesthesiology
Adjunct Professor, Pharmaceutics
Adjunct Professor, Bioengineering
Director, Neuroanesthesia
K.C. Wong Presidential Endowed Chair
Clinical interests: neuroanesthesia, intravenous anesthesia, obstetrical anesthesia.
Research interests: pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling of intravenous anesthetics, computer controlled infusions, pharmacodynamic interactions, intravenous anesthetic development |
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 PERRY G. FINE, M.D.
Professor
Clinical interests: pain management, regional anesthesia, medical ethics, hospice care
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 CHARLES E. GALAVIZ, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesia Program
Clinical interests: liver transplant management, regional anesthesia
Research interests: application of TEE to liver transplant management, nerve stimulator aided peripheral nerve catheters, cost of anesthetic agents
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 BEN GMELCH, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
TEE Fellowship 2008-2009
Research interests: echocardiography, perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnea
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 PHILIP GNADINGER, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
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 MARK HARRIS, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Co-director, Pre-operative Assessment Clinic
Clinical interests: neuroanesthesia, preoperative management, liver transplantation, medical eduation.
Research interests: preoperative management, clinical applications of remifentanil
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 HARRIET HOPF, M.D.
Professor
Clinical interests: wound care, hyperbaric medicine, management of anesthesia to improve wound healing
Research interests: measurement and control of tissue oxygen, anesthesia management and wound healing outcomes, anemia and blood transfusion
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 KEN B. JOHNSON, M.D.
Associate Professor
Learned Family Associate Professorship
Director, Center for Patient Simulation
Clinical interests: cardiac anesthesia and acute pain management
Research interests: clinical pharmacology, simulation based education, pathophysiology of hemorrhagic shock
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 HIROSHI KAMAYA, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Director, VA Anesthesia Research Laboratory
Clinical interests: medical acupuncture
Research interests: molecular mechanisms of anesthesia, membrane biophysics, antagonists of general Anesthesia
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 ALAN R. LIGHT, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Research interests: pain pathways, molecular and cellular mechanisms of analgesia
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 KATHLEEN LIGHT, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Research interests: receptors for chronic pain and fatigue, fibromyalgia
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 PETER LIU, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical Interests: critical care
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 EVELYN LOOSE, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: acute pain management, ultrasound guided regional anesthesia, OB-anesthesia
Research interests: longterm complications of peripheral nerve catheters
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 ANNETTE MACINTYRE. M.D., FRCPC
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interest: vascular anesthesia
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 SALMAN MASUD, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: pediatric and cardiovascular anesthesia
Research interests: blood substitutes, sleep inducing neuropeptides
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 YOSHIO NAKAMURA, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Research interests: placebos in clinical trials, information processing under general anesthesia, EEG monitoring analysis, integration of integrative health approaches with allopathic medicine, healthy communities movement, consciousness, somatic Awareness, emotion, placebo effects, meaning response in placebo response, mind-body interactions, meditation in contemplative traditions, mindfulness, functional brain imaging, EEG/MEG, nonlinear dynamical systems theory
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 DAVID H. ODELL, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Co-Director, Perioperative Echo Service
Assoc. Director VASLCHCS, Dept. of Anesthesiology
Clinical interests: echocardiography (TEE and TTE), cardiovascular anesthesiology
Research interests: echocardiography, TTE in the perioperative setting
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 AKIKO OKIFUJI, Ph.D.
Professor
Clinical interests: behavioral medicine, psychological screening of pain patients
Research interests: fibromyalgia, hormonal influences on analgesic responses in fibromyalgia and migraine Headaches, clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness of interdisciplinary pain care, pain and women's health
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 JOSEPH A. ORR, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Research interests: clinical monitoring, non-invasive cardiac output measurement
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 JEFFREY L. PETERS, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: cardiovascular anesthesia, transesophageal echocardiography, regional anesthesia, risk management, anesthesia teaching in developing countries
Research Interests: cardiovascular physiology
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 JEFFERY D. PORTH, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Director, Obstetric Anesthesia
Chief Clinical Coordinator
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 RAJAN RADHAKRISHNAN, BPharm., Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, University of Southern Nevada (South Jordan Campus)
Research interests: neurobiology of pain in general, specifically involvement of ion channels (ASIC, TRP and P2X) in inflammatory and ischemic pain.
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 SCOTT P. RICHARDSON, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Director, Orthopedic Anesthesia
Director, Quality Assurance Committee
Associate Director, Residency Program
Clinical interests: regional anesthesia and acute pain management
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 DANIELLE ROUSSEL, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical and Research Interests: medical education
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 SEAN RUNNELS, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: cardiovascular anesthesia, intraoperative echocardiography
Research interests: factor VIIa, perioperative genetic testing |
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 DEREK J. SAKATA, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Research interests: improving the recovery profile from inhaled anesthetics, especially with regard to artificially maintained hypercapnic hyperventilation, pragmatic innovations with regard to engineering in medicine.
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 JOHN C. SANDERS, M.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor Service
Clinical interests: pediatric anestheisa Service
Research interests: pediatric pain management and pediatric post-operative complications
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 KELLY W. SMITH, M.D.
Associate Professor (Clinical)
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 WARNER SMITH, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
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 RICHARD J. SPERRY, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Adjunct Professor, Economics and Political Science
Senior Associate Vice President for Health Sciences
Matheson Endowed Chair, Health Policy and Management
Clinical interests: neuroanesthesia, cervical spine disease, health care policy and economics
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 THEODORE H. STANLEY, M.D.
Professor
Professor of Surgical Research
Director, Anesthesiology Research Laboratories
Clinical interests: intravenous anesthetics, cardiovascular anesthesia
Research interests: wildlife immobilization, new anesthetic delivery systems, new sedatives and hypnotics, new narcotics
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 ZUZANA STEHLIKOVA, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: obstetric anesthesia, liver transplant anesthesia
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 JEFFREY D. SWENSON, M.D.
Professor
Director, Acute Pain Service
Clinical interests: cardiothoracic anesthesia, transesophageal echocardiography
Research interests: neuraxial opioids
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 SCOTT TADLER, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: neuroanesthesia
Research interests: CNS effects of anesthesia
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 ELIZABETH THACKERAY, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical interests: obstetrical anesthesia and acute pain management
Research interests: patient education and peripheral nerve blocks
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 DANIEL VEZINA, M.D., FRCPC
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology
Director, Perioperative Echo Service
Director, Cardiology Echo lab, VA Salt Lake City
Clinical interests: cardiovascular anesthesia, echocardiography
Research interests: echocardiography (TEE and TTE)
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 ERNEST VOLINN, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Research interests: psycho-social factors and chronic pain (particularly back pain), outcomes of treatment, international studies of back pain and its treatment
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 SHARON M. WEINSTEIN, M.D.
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology and Oncology
Director, Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, University of Utah
Director, Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, VASLCHCS
Clinical interests: pain medicine and palliative care
Research interests: pain and symptom management, neuropathic pain syndromes, end of life care
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 DWAYNE R. WESTENSKOW, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Research Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medical Informatics
Director, Anesthesiology Bioengineering Division
Research interests: alarm systems for patient monitoring, artificial neural networks, closed-loop control of drug and gas delivery, biomedical instrumentation
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 JOSHUA ZIMMERMAN, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Director of Education, Perioperative Echocardiography Service
Clinical interests: cardiothoracic anesthesia, perioperative echocardiography
Research interests: perioperative echocardiography
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